Definition of Mired

1. Adjective. Entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire. "Brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion"

Exact synonyms: Involved
Similar to: Encumbered

Definition of Mired

1. Verb. (past of mire) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mired

1. mire [v] - See also: mire

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mired

mirage
miragelike
mirages
mirandize
mirandized
mirandizes
mirandizing
mirapinnid
mirapinnids
mirasol
mirative
mirativity
mirbane
mirbanes
mire
mired (current term)
mirepoix
mires
mirex
mirexes
mirid
mirid bug
mirids
mirier
miriest
mirific
mirifical
mirificent
mirin
miriness

Literary usage of Mired

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"mired the former and that he himself admired the latter. He had spent years of labor upon it, but destroyed the manuscript because a ..."

2. Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico by John Russell Bartlett (1854)
"... the table-land—Grassy plains, and open country—Ojo de Lucero —Laguna de los Patos—Country overflowed—Wagon mired—More accidents—Carrizal—Ojo ..."

3. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1843)
"... so vainly ad- with the piece — no ill-written amplifica- J mired by those who admire nothing but tion; it is the purest diction — the most, ..."

4. An Excursion to California Over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great by William Kelly (1851)
"... the Ground—Cannot find a Dry Spot to Camp on—A Lot of Mules get badly mired—Continuance of the Storm—Dread lest the River should rise—The Indian Dreader ..."

5. The Journals of Washington Irving (hitherto Unpublished) by Washington Irving (1919)
"nearly mired in a deep creek — one of the pack horses falls on his side and wets his lading — tracks of bears, wolves, buffalo, wild horses, turkeys, ducks, ..."

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